adidas’ new concept shoe is made from ocean trash

Now here’s a running shoe that’s hoping to make a difference. adidas, together with Parley for the Oceans, hopes to raise awareness and put a stop to plastics pollution of our water sources. And the shoe manufacturer created a new concept shoe built mostly out of plastics and deep-sea gill fishing nets from illegal fishing operations. It shows a nice nautical color to match the cause it champions. It’s still a concept at the moment but adidas plans to have some options later this year. Yes, you can own one of these environmentally-conscious running shoes pretty soon.

Source: SlashGear

Adidas Go app for iOS matches the pace of your workout with a Spotify playlist

Love working out while listening to some heart-pumping music? Adidas and Spotify want to help you out with that through the Adidas Go app on iOS. You won’t just be able to listen to your favorite songs but it’ll match the tunes to the pace of your workout. The Adidas Go app looks through your Spotify listening habits and learns what kind of music you listen to when you exercise and then it’ll match that to the pace of your activity. For example, you’ll get slower songs if you’re running slowly as opposed to faster ones when you’re running at full speed. It also tracks your steps and shows you and related stats after your run. You can also save the songs you’ve liked to Spotify for listening at another time.

If you don’t have a Spotify Premium account, the feature will still work. But it will make use of your local music library instead of the online service.

Source: Engadget | Via: SlashGear | Download: Apple App Store (Free)

adidas brings Microsoft MixRadio to miCoach Smart Run watch

adidas has chosen Microsoft’s MixRadio as its new source of music for its miCoach Smart Run watch. There are over 34 million songs available in MixRadio’s catalogue and you can play those online. But to gain access to this you would need to sign up for a subscription. There is currently a six-month free access promo from adidas but you will get access to this if you download the over-the-air update for Smart Run, which you can access in the settings menu.

Source: Engadget

Adidas lets you customize your sneaks with new app

We’re wondering if your favorite food items will make their debut on your sneakers with this new campaign from Adidas. Adidas wants you to personalize the soon-to-be-released ZX Flux with the use of your smartphone. Take photos much like Instagram and use the Adidas Photo Print app to have them printed on the sneakers. The app will be available this summer for iOS and Android.

Source: Gizmodo